Over the course of my roller coaster career, I have discovered that writing is, for me, a biological necessity.  If I haven’t been writing for too long, the effects are rather like dehydration:  I’m cranky, tired, low energy, hungry, eat a lot of chocolate. yeah, okay, the symptoms *are* similar to PMS–which is why I [...]

Let me be the first to say that I never thought I would play computer games. I’m barely on speaking terms with the things as it is. But let’s be honest. What is the one thing that terrifies a creative person most? No, not the red pencil, although I admit it can cause nightmares.We fear [...]

I’d blogged here before. Blogging’s not one of my favorite things to do because I really don’t have much to say, but I support NINC and try to help out in small ways. So, I blog. Or shall I say blogged, in the past tense. Then one day my life changed. I was diagnosed with [...]

The only time I paused in my marriage and the word “divorce” came to mind was  after I had sold my first book, but before it was published and I was talking about needing a hobby.  My husband looked at me and said “I thought writing was your hobby.”  I can only imagine the cold, [...]